Tuesday, January 16, 2018

How To Compile And Run C/C++ Programs In Linux

https://www.ostechnix.com/compile-run-c-c-programs-linux

This brief tutorial will explain how to compile and run
C/C++ programs in GNU/Linux. If you’re a student or a new Linux user
coming from Microsoft platform, then you might be wondering how to run
the C or C++ programs in a Linux distribution. Because, compiling and
running code in Linux platforms is little bit different than Windows.
Let us get started, shall we?

Setup Development Environment

As you may already know, to run the code we need to install the
necessary tools and compilers, right? Yes! Refer the following guide to
install all development tools in your Linux box.

The development tools includes all necessary applications, such as
GNU GCC C/C++ compilers, make, debuggers, man pages and others which are
needed to compile and build new software, packages etc.
Also, there is a script named manji that helps you to setup a complete environment in Ubuntu-based systems.

In the above example, we used C++ compiler to compile the program. To use C compiler instead, use:

cc ostechnix.c -o ostechnix1

If there is any syntax or semantic errors in your code/program, it
will display them. You might need to fix them first to proceed further.
If there is no error then the compiler will successfully generate an
executable file named ostechnix1 in the current working directory.